This is a very nicely done up video which really touched my heart.
Gives me plenty to think about too. Hope it is just as inspiring to every single person who have watched it.
禽為夢想而飛翔﹐人因夢想而偉大。。。
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
MAJOR MILESTONE
I have tendered my resignation letter to DSTA today.
Will be leaving to join Agilent on 1 Dec.
Ever since I have learnt about the term “financial freedom”, I have always dreamt of setting up my own business and working towards my early retirement. The most basic step that I took at that time was to get a Business Minor.
I took up an Engineer job at DSTA after graduation. Not something that can really give me the proper training towards my holy graill, but it was a pretty nice place to be at. Great colleagues and plenty of fun.
Then by chance, a job agency picked up my old resume from those online job sites, and matched me to a sales engineer job. I wasn’t too keen on this when they first called me, but I still went along to the interview to see what they have in store for me, and to check out my market rate too.
I was surprised that it turned out to be Agilent. So I just continued from that point and within a short period of a week, I was selected to join them.
It was a tough choice to make. On one hand, I have a big group of fun colleagues of the same age group at DSTA. On the other hand, it’s a rare opportunity to join Agilent as they rarely recruit fresh grads in this position.
In the end I decided to take the plunge and chose to cross over to Agilent.
I feel that I need to push myself out of my comfort zone, to go and learn how to do sales, something which I dun really like, sometimes even to the extend of hate. In this way, I’ll be forcing myself to either grow stronger, or just drop dead in face of adversity.
I’ll be losing a bit of money on the compensation and bonus initially, but I guess it will be worth the gamble to start building on my future and work towards my goal right now. Afterall, making sales is the primary skill to have if I were to have my own business. So there’s no escaping from learning sales skills.
There are many similarities and parallels that I can draw from my current scenario to the time when I was going to leave Ammo Base for OCS. I felt that it was a wise decision to go for OCS then, and I pray that this time, it will be even more rewarding.
To all my friends, if you haven done so,
make a blueprint of your future and start working towards your goal now.
Will be leaving to join Agilent on 1 Dec.
Ever since I have learnt about the term “financial freedom”, I have always dreamt of setting up my own business and working towards my early retirement. The most basic step that I took at that time was to get a Business Minor.
I took up an Engineer job at DSTA after graduation. Not something that can really give me the proper training towards my holy graill, but it was a pretty nice place to be at. Great colleagues and plenty of fun.
Then by chance, a job agency picked up my old resume from those online job sites, and matched me to a sales engineer job. I wasn’t too keen on this when they first called me, but I still went along to the interview to see what they have in store for me, and to check out my market rate too.
I was surprised that it turned out to be Agilent. So I just continued from that point and within a short period of a week, I was selected to join them.
It was a tough choice to make. On one hand, I have a big group of fun colleagues of the same age group at DSTA. On the other hand, it’s a rare opportunity to join Agilent as they rarely recruit fresh grads in this position.
In the end I decided to take the plunge and chose to cross over to Agilent.
I feel that I need to push myself out of my comfort zone, to go and learn how to do sales, something which I dun really like, sometimes even to the extend of hate. In this way, I’ll be forcing myself to either grow stronger, or just drop dead in face of adversity.
I’ll be losing a bit of money on the compensation and bonus initially, but I guess it will be worth the gamble to start building on my future and work towards my goal right now. Afterall, making sales is the primary skill to have if I were to have my own business. So there’s no escaping from learning sales skills.
There are many similarities and parallels that I can draw from my current scenario to the time when I was going to leave Ammo Base for OCS. I felt that it was a wise decision to go for OCS then, and I pray that this time, it will be even more rewarding.
To all my friends, if you haven done so,
make a blueprint of your future and start working towards your goal now.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Almost been 2 full months since my last entry.
A lot of things have happened recently. Though I should say most are good stuff.
Finally realised the goal of bringing dear to Taiwan for a trip. It was really fruitful and fun. Although it was my 3rd time visiting Taiwan, it is very different from my last 2 trips. We were a lot more adventurous and really took it on our own to travel and visit the places we wanted to go. It also feels different to celebrate my birthday outside SG for the first time in my life, with the person that I love most. I'm really glad that both dear and I had put in a lot into this trip and thoroughly enjoyed it.
There are some impt stuff that is happening at the moment. Will talk about it when the time is ripe...
A lot of things have happened recently. Though I should say most are good stuff.
Finally realised the goal of bringing dear to Taiwan for a trip. It was really fruitful and fun. Although it was my 3rd time visiting Taiwan, it is very different from my last 2 trips. We were a lot more adventurous and really took it on our own to travel and visit the places we wanted to go. It also feels different to celebrate my birthday outside SG for the first time in my life, with the person that I love most. I'm really glad that both dear and I had put in a lot into this trip and thoroughly enjoyed it.
There are some impt stuff that is happening at the moment. Will talk about it when the time is ripe...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
Cosy dinner with my closest frens
Duly completed my goal of getting Gold for IPPT every year, received and burnt the $400 at an amazing speed, but I can't really recall what did i spend it on.
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Met up with JS, YQ and Bek on thursday for a small gathering b4 YQ leaves for his Masters program in Europe (envy!)... It has been such a long time since I last thoroughly enjoyed a small cosy dinner with my closest frens.
We could talk about every thing and anything under the sun, all clicking at the same frequency.
We could make fun of each other and really enjoy it, without having to worry whether the receiving party would be offended or not.
Although we had been busy with our own lives for most of this part of our lives, the fact that we could talk freely when we meet up really transcends all those time that we had spent apart. It actually feels like we have been together all the time and have never left each other at all.
They are my closest and bestest frens! (where is that god-damned CS ???)
Can't really bear to see YQ leave us for the next 2 yrs, but i can confidently say that our frenship will not fade away with time. And YQ would definitely be back if Bek suddenly decides to get married within this 2 yrs.. hahahaha
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Went to the Zoo with dear on saturday and really enjoyed ourselves there. The otters were really cute!! Caught them playing and enjoying themselves in the rain, doing backflips in the pond (its real!! too bad I had a flat batt..)
Will post the some pics up when i have the time...
Saturday, August 26, 2006
long time no update again!
before i know it, i've already been working for a month already.
My first paycheck is already almost all gone due to those one-off events associated with the first paycheck...
Gotta start saving up already. There's no more excuses for me to be cash poor anymore.
Must start planning for the future. I'm no longer entitled to dream my way through the days anymore..
Got my own plans, but i won't share them here.
The world is really small.
My fren from OCS is the FYP mate for my best buddy,
My colleague knows both of them
And yesterday Dear just told me that her colleague is my Rugby mate's wife
Talking about rugby. Was talking to dear yesterday, and she came up with an idea that got me all excited
We recollected about the times when my Titans mates were so crazy about playing rugby,
and now that most of us have graduated and are working now, probably all of us dun get the chance to play rugby anymore
Maybe I could get all those rugby-crazy guys to go back to NTU for a friendly session with the incumbent hall rugby team during the IH period
Old Hands vs New Birds
just like those testmonial football matches, how fun would that be...
I believe most of my guys would love to play, but not sure whether they can afford the time or not.
Miss all those fun I had together with them.
Bryan, Big One, Ivan, Yifan, Bong, Quan Bin, Fook San, Kok Jun, Kelvin...
(i tink with the exception of FS & Kelvin, all would be super unfit and fat now...)
Really hope that this plan can be realised.
Maybe i should start psycho-ing some of the peeps now
hahahaha
My first paycheck is already almost all gone due to those one-off events associated with the first paycheck...
Gotta start saving up already. There's no more excuses for me to be cash poor anymore.
Must start planning for the future. I'm no longer entitled to dream my way through the days anymore..
Got my own plans, but i won't share them here.
The world is really small.
My fren from OCS is the FYP mate for my best buddy,
My colleague knows both of them
And yesterday Dear just told me that her colleague is my Rugby mate's wife
Talking about rugby. Was talking to dear yesterday, and she came up with an idea that got me all excited
We recollected about the times when my Titans mates were so crazy about playing rugby,
and now that most of us have graduated and are working now, probably all of us dun get the chance to play rugby anymore
Maybe I could get all those rugby-crazy guys to go back to NTU for a friendly session with the incumbent hall rugby team during the IH period
Old Hands vs New Birds
just like those testmonial football matches, how fun would that be...
I believe most of my guys would love to play, but not sure whether they can afford the time or not.
Miss all those fun I had together with them.
Bryan, Big One, Ivan, Yifan, Bong, Quan Bin, Fook San, Kok Jun, Kelvin...
(i tink with the exception of FS & Kelvin, all would be super unfit and fat now...)
Really hope that this plan can be realised.
Maybe i should start psycho-ing some of the peeps now
hahahaha
Monday, July 10, 2006
Bored...
Went for a job interview and decided to take up the job offer. (i'm not posting any extra info on the job...ask me personally if u want... its no longer safe to say anything online anymore, more companies are monitoring their employees' blogs, just look at A*****)
The world cup has finally ended. Not really a memorable one nor entertaining world cup for me. Brazil went out too early, and they deserved it as well. The final was a tad boring for me as well. (I dun really fancy Italy nor France)
Think i'm better off watching Champs league. Waiting for the new season to start...
Had been playing JYonline for over a month with BC and MK, until last week when we got stuck in the game and cannot continue playing anymore then we gave up the game altogether. It may be good thing afterall cos I feel I have been spending too much time on it and have been wanting to stop playing and concentrate on job searching. Now my wish is granted. Hahaha. Good thing that the 3 of us can quit at the same time.
I have got 2 more weeks before I start work. Gotta train myself up in this window and try to clear my IPPT before I start work. Starting to get fat again at the tummy...
The world cup has finally ended. Not really a memorable one nor entertaining world cup for me. Brazil went out too early, and they deserved it as well. The final was a tad boring for me as well. (I dun really fancy Italy nor France)
Think i'm better off watching Champs league. Waiting for the new season to start...
Had been playing JYonline for over a month with BC and MK, until last week when we got stuck in the game and cannot continue playing anymore then we gave up the game altogether. It may be good thing afterall cos I feel I have been spending too much time on it and have been wanting to stop playing and concentrate on job searching. Now my wish is granted. Hahaha. Good thing that the 3 of us can quit at the same time.
I have got 2 more weeks before I start work. Gotta train myself up in this window and try to clear my IPPT before I start work. Starting to get fat again at the tummy...
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Stress at home
It seems like there is always something for mums to nag at their children, irregardless of which stage of their life they are at. I'm not spared from this agony as well.
Mum has been constantly hounding me to get a job quickly these few weeks. (the signs were already there when I haven even started my exams) Especially when she sees me playing JY online at home. (it makes the my idler image more complete in her mind when she sees that)
She would always try hints or blantant taunts to make me get a job.
From telling me so and so's son/daughter has got a job at so & so company, drawing $xxxx per month, or telling me eh now police salary for graduates are at 2900, to saying I hope that you quickly run out of money so that you will go and find job to do (when i'm now low on cash and not working... I din ask n will not ask for money from her) and the worst is when i try to explain to her that i'll be losing out if I get $2400 per month, she would say that XXX getting $2400 per month is BETTER than you not having a job now.
Dear has told me that mums' would never understand that graduates finding a job is not like O level people looking for jobs. I really understand what she went through in the 4 months when she did not have a perm job. They probably think that us looking for jobs are just as simple as a walk-in interview to macdonalds.
Mum is a workaholic and cannot stand seeing people at home doing nothing. Thats why she wants me to quickly get a job and start working, irregardless of the future prospects. She dunno what is the difference between a JOB and CAREER.
I just hope mum can a lil' bit more understanding, and not expect immediate results in job searching. Its not up to me whether the companies wanna call me or not. I can try to make it happen but the decision is ultimately not with me. I am also very stressed in finding my job too. I know what to do, just dun keep nagging at me.
The elevator will not move any faster irregardless of how many times you press the buttons.
My job search will not be any more progressive irregardless of how much stress u give me.
Its a common Asian illness that parents dun really like to compliment their children in the face. All I hear is always about all the wrongs i did (or more like what she deem is wrong), and never about the things that I have done to make her proud. I know that she is proud of me in some stuff, but wats the point when she is telling the whole world that she is proud me, but not to me?
Reminds me of the 'I not stupid 2' movie, where the parents would always give encouragements when their kids just infants, and the encouragements slowly turned into castigations as their kids grow older.
I know mum is concerned about me. I just need some breathing space, after carrying so much pressure to meet high expectations since primary 1.
Lets just hope that I get a good job quickly, if not i might get desperate and go for PhD in NTU which will be a super huge mistake...
Side show: Received a call this afternoon from an unknown number when I was in the car. I was getting a bit happy cos i tot it would be a call for an interview, but in the end it turned out to be dear calling me from her office line. hahaha. me cockster
Mum has been constantly hounding me to get a job quickly these few weeks. (the signs were already there when I haven even started my exams) Especially when she sees me playing JY online at home. (it makes the my idler image more complete in her mind when she sees that)
She would always try hints or blantant taunts to make me get a job.
From telling me so and so's son/daughter has got a job at so & so company, drawing $xxxx per month, or telling me eh now police salary for graduates are at 2900, to saying I hope that you quickly run out of money so that you will go and find job to do (when i'm now low on cash and not working... I din ask n will not ask for money from her) and the worst is when i try to explain to her that i'll be losing out if I get $2400 per month, she would say that XXX getting $2400 per month is BETTER than you not having a job now.
Dear has told me that mums' would never understand that graduates finding a job is not like O level people looking for jobs. I really understand what she went through in the 4 months when she did not have a perm job. They probably think that us looking for jobs are just as simple as a walk-in interview to macdonalds.
Mum is a workaholic and cannot stand seeing people at home doing nothing. Thats why she wants me to quickly get a job and start working, irregardless of the future prospects. She dunno what is the difference between a JOB and CAREER.
I just hope mum can a lil' bit more understanding, and not expect immediate results in job searching. Its not up to me whether the companies wanna call me or not. I can try to make it happen but the decision is ultimately not with me. I am also very stressed in finding my job too. I know what to do, just dun keep nagging at me.
The elevator will not move any faster irregardless of how many times you press the buttons.
My job search will not be any more progressive irregardless of how much stress u give me.
Its a common Asian illness that parents dun really like to compliment their children in the face. All I hear is always about all the wrongs i did (or more like what she deem is wrong), and never about the things that I have done to make her proud. I know that she is proud of me in some stuff, but wats the point when she is telling the whole world that she is proud me, but not to me?
Reminds me of the 'I not stupid 2' movie, where the parents would always give encouragements when their kids just infants, and the encouragements slowly turned into castigations as their kids grow older.
I know mum is concerned about me. I just need some breathing space, after carrying so much pressure to meet high expectations since primary 1.
Lets just hope that I get a good job quickly, if not i might get desperate and go for PhD in NTU which will be a super huge mistake...
Side show: Received a call this afternoon from an unknown number when I was in the car. I was getting a bit happy cos i tot it would be a call for an interview, but in the end it turned out to be dear calling me from her office line. hahaha. me cockster
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